An Honest Cop In a Corrupt Police Department – William Acosta

Soft White Underbelly interview and portrait of William Acosta, an internal affairs detective who informed on corruption in the NYPD.

00:00 Inside the NYPD's Culture of Corruption
01:38 From the U.S. Army to Undercover Investigations
05:22 Exposing Corruption at JFK Airport
08:10 Joining the NYPD
12:16 Reporting Corrupt Cops to Internal Affairs
14:34 Confrontation with an NYPD Chief
17:26 Fired from the NYPD
18:28 Going Undercover to Expose Police Corruption
24:40 Offered $1,000 a Week in Bribes
27:05 Threatened at Gunpoint Without Backup
31:00 Secret Recordings and the Blue Wall of Silence
39:34 The Truth About NYPD Corruption
48:53 An Undercover Sting Turns Against Him
55:21 Surviving an Attempt on His Life

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